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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen. |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Description: | Spinning wheel and high chair in the attic of the Quinney farmhouse. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a log cabin with antlers hanging on a wall. Items of clothing are hanging from the various antlers. Also, there is a table set with dishes... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of silver wedding anniversary gifts at the home of Dr. Galen Geer Rood (1830-1917) and his wife Nancy Jane (Sylvester) Rood (1834-1906). The Ro... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Dutch room of the Van Cortlandt house, featuring a fireplace, two ornately carved cradles, a wall clock, table, an open chest, polishe... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Van Cortlandt house dining room featuring a table set with shining metal tableware, decorative plates on the wall, and open cabinets e... |
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| Description: | General, and later president, George Washington's bedroom. Features room with a dresser, chairs, fireplace, and a canopied bed with side table. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a dining room featuring table with a small sculpture in the center, rustic chairs, a screened in fireplace, decorative vases, flower arran... |
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| Description: | Chest brought to America on the Mayflower. Features a ceramic cup atop it while a walking cane and candle holder sit on the table next to the chest. |
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| Description: | View of combination desk and cabinet in a corner with two chairs on either side. The cabinet doors are open showing glassware and ceramics inside. |
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| Description: | View of old man making baskets and an old woman sewing outside of a log cabin. Other handmade wooden items appear throughout the image and tools hang on th... |
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| Description: | View of woman sitting with spinning wheel, bulk wool and a yarn winder by a stone wall with a cooking fireplace in it. Plants grow on the ground nearby, th... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A covered pot with a thermometer, can sealer, and stacks of metal cans stand on a table beside a stove in a kitchen near a window. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A rabbit sits on the floor in front of a curtained shelf. A laundry basket sits on a chair nearby. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton, second from right, and four other boys, enjoy apples and popcorn in the Middleton family kitchen. One boy is peeling an apple as another ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The fireplace in the living room of the Edward Petersen house features a classical revival surround and mantel. A small stuffed toy dog sits under a carved... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman. |
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